JEE-ADV PHYSICS- VOL- III CURRENT ELECTRICITY

OHM’s LAW AND COMBINATION

LEVEL - II (C. W)
OF RESISTANCES
6. A current of 3A flows in a circuit shown in
ELECTRIC CURRENT AND the figure. The potential difference between
DRIFT VELOCITY A and B is A
1. In a hydrogen tube it is observed that through 4 6
a given cross - section 3.13 x 1015 electrons 3A
per sec, moving from right to left and 3.12 x
1015 protons per sec are moving from left to 1) 4V 2) 3V
3 2
right. The electric current in the discharge
tube and its direction is 3) 2V 4) 5V
B
1) 1 mA towards left 2) 1 mA towards right 7. The resistance of the network between the
3) 1.5 mA towards right 4) 2 mA towards left terminals A and B is
2. An electron of mass m, moves around the 5 5 5
A
nucleus in a circular orbit of radius ‘r’ under
the action of centripetal force ‘F’. The
20 5
equivalent electric current is
e F e Fr B
1) 2) 5 10 5
2 mr  m 1) 30 2) 20 3) 50 4) 60
e Fm e Fm 8. In the figure, the value of resistance to be
3) 4) connected between C and D so that the
2 r  r resistance of the entire circuit between A and
3. The current in a conductor varies with time B does not change with the number of
‘t’ as I  3t  4t 2 . Where I in amp and t in elementary sets used is
sec. The electric charge flows through the R R R R
section of the conductor between t = 1s and A C
t=3s R R R R R
100 127 140 150 B D
1) C 2) C 3) C 4) C R R R
3 4 3 3
4. A conductor has a non-uniform section as  
1) R 2) R 3  1 3) 3R 4) R 3  1  
shown in the figure. A steady current is 9. The effective resistance across the points A
flowing through it. Then the drift speed of and I is C
2 2
the electrons (M-2012) 2
B D

2 2
A I
Q P 1) 2 2) 1 2
2

G 2 E

2 2
1) is constant throughout the wire 3) 0.5  4) 5 
F
2) varies unpredictably 10. In the circuit shown below, the cell has an
3) decreases from P & Q emf of 10V and internal resistance of 1 ohm.
4) increases from P to Q the other resistances are shown in the figure.
5. A current of 16 A is made to pass through a The potential difference VA  VB is
conductor in which the number of density of
E = 10V
free electrons is 4 × 1028 m–3 and its area of
r = 1
cross section is 10–5 m2 . The average drift 4 A 2
1
velocity of free electrons in the conductor is
(M-2012)
1) 1.6 × 10–4 ms–1 2) 2.5 × 10–4 ms–1 2 B 4
3) 6.4 × 10–4 ms–1 4) 3.2 × 10–4 ms–1 1) 6V 2) 4V 3) 2V 4) -2 V

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11. A uniform wire of resistance 20  having 17. A 220 V and 800 W electric kettle and three
220V and 100W bulbs JEE MAINS - VOL - in
are connected VII
resistance 1  / m is bent in the form of circle parallel. On connecting this combination with
as shown in fig. If the equivalent resistance 200 V supply, the total current in the circuit
between M and N is 1.8  , then the length of will be
1) 0.15 A 2) 5A 3) 5.5A 4) 4.55A
the shorter section is 18. What is the equivalent resistance of the
2
circuit 4V 1
1) 2 m 2) 5 m M N + – 2 2
A
3) 1.8 m 4) 18 m
12. If the voltmeter reads 0.2 V and the ammeter 1) 6 2) 7 4
reads 0.101A, the resistance of the voltmeter
is (in ohm) 2 3) 8 4) 9 V
A
19. The temperature coefficient of resistance
of platinum is   3.92  103 K 1 at 200 C .
1) 500 2) 1000
Find the temperature at which the increase
3) 200 4) 400 A in the resistance of platinum wire is 10%
13. In the given circuit Ammeter reading is same of its value at 200 C
when both switches S 1 , S 2 are closed or 1) 40.50 C 2) 45.50 C 3) 48.50 C 4) 43.50 C
opened. The value of resistance R is 20. Four identical resistance are joined as shown
100 in fig. The equivalent resistance between
A
points A and B is R1 and that between A and
S1 S2
R
50 R1
C is R2. Then ratio of R is
2 2
A B
300 1.5V

1) 200  2) 100  3) 400  4) -300  2 2

14. In the following diagram ammeter reading is 1) 1: 5 2) 3:4
4A, voltmeter reading is 20V, the value of R
is 3) 2:5 4) 1:2 D 2 C
R
21. If the galvanometer reading is zero in the
A given circuit, the current passing through re-
1)  5 2)  5 sistance 250  is 500
G
3)  5 4)  5 V + +
12V 250 x 4V
15. Twelve resistances each of resistance R are 1) 0.016 A 2) 0.16 A – –
connected in the circuit as shown in fig. Net
resistance between points A and C would be 3) 0.032A 4) 0.042 A
B 22. The effective resistance between A and B is
the given circuit is 3
R
R G R 3 3
R R 6
5R 7R R R 6 6
1) 2) A F C 1) 3  2) 2  3
3 6 R E R 3
R R 3) 4  4) 6  A 3 B
3R R
3) R 4) 23. The equivalent resistance between points A
4 D and B of an infinite network of resistance each
16. A resistance is made by connecting two wires of 1  connected as shown is
(series) of same material of radii 2 mm and 5 A
1 1 1

mm and length 8 cm and 5 cm. A potential 1 1 1

difference of 22V is applied to them. The B
potential difference on the longer wire is
1 5 2 5 3 5 1 7
1) 15 V 2) 18 V 3) 16 V 4) 20 V 1) 2) 3) 4)
2 4 2 3
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24. Equivalent resistance across A and B in the 30. An electric heater operating at 220 volts boils
r
given circuit is 5 litre of water in 5 minutes. If it is used on 110
volts, it will boil the same amount of water in
2r 8r r r r r 1) 10 minutes 2) 20 minutes
1) 2) 3) 15 minutes 4) 25 minutes
73r 7
31. Three electric bulbs of 40W, 60W and 100W
3) 4) 6r A r O r B
3 have the tungsten wire of the same diameter.
25. Two resistances of 400  and 800  are con- Then the longer wire is used by
nected in series with 6V battery of negligible 1) 60W 2) 100W 3) 40W
internal resistance. A voltmeter of resistance 4) All use the same length
10,000  is used to measure the p.d. across 32. A fuse wire with radius of 0.2 mm blows
400  . The error in the measurement of p.d. off with a current of 5 Amp. The fuse wire
in volts approximately of same material but of radius 0.3 mm will
1) 0.05 V 2) 0.5 V 3) 0.75 V 4) 5 V blow off with a current of
26. Copper and carbon wires are connected in
series and the combined resistor is kept at 3 5 3
1) 5  amp 2) amp
0°C. Assuming the combined resistane does 2 2
not vary with temperature, the ratio of the
resistances of carbon and copper wires at 0°C 27
3) 5 amp 4) 5 amp
is (Temperature coefficients of resisti-vity of 8
copper and carbon respectively are 4 × 10–3/ 33. In a large building, there are 15 bulbs of 40
°C and – 0.5 × 10–3/°C) (M-2013) W, 5 bulbs of 100 W, 5 fans of 80 W and 1
1) 2 2) 4 3) 8 4) 6 heater of 1 kW. The voltage of electric mains
27. Three resistances of equal values are is 220 V. The minimum capacity of the main
arranged in four different configurations as fuse of the building will be: [Mains-2014]
shown below. Power dissipation in the 1) 8 A 2) 10 A 3) 12 A 4) 14 A
increasing order is (E-2012) 34. The supply voltage to room is 120 V. The
R R resistance of the lead wires is 6  . A 60 W
bulb is already switched on. What is the
I decrease of voltage across the bulb, when a
240 W heater is switched on in parallel to the
R R R R
bulb? [Mains-2013]
II 1) zero 2) 2.9 Volt 3) 13.3 Volt 4) 10.04 Volt
R
R R INTERNAL RESISTANCE AND EMF
R 35. In the circuit shown here, cells A and B have
R
I I emf 10 V each and the internal resistance is
R R 5 for A and 3 for B. For what value of R
III IV will the potential difference across the cell A
1) (III) < (II) < (IV) < (I) 2) (II)<(III)<(IV)<(I) will be zero?
E, 5 E, 3
3) (I) < (IV) < (III) < (II) 4) (I)<(III)<(II)<(IV) + +
28. If 400  of resistance is made by adding four A B

100  resistances of tolerance 5%, then the 1) zero 2) 1 ohm

tolerance of the combination is [Mains-2011] R
3) 2 ohm 4) 3 ohm
1) 5% 2) 10% 3) 15% 4) 20% 36. In the circuit of fig. with steady current, the
ELECTRIC POWER potential drop across the capacitor is
29. Two wires A and B with lengths in the ratio V R
of 3 : 1, diameters in the ratio of 1:2 and
resistivities in the ratio of 1:20 are joined in V V C
parallel with a source of emf. 2V. Ratio of the 1) V 2)
2
V 2V
R1 / R2 is: 3) 4)
3 3 2V 2R
1) 5 : 2 2) 2 : 5 3) 5 : 3 4) 3 : 5
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37. In the circuit, the galvanometer G shows zero 44. Two conductors have the same resistance at
deflection. If the batteries A and B have JEE MAINS
0°C but their temperature - VOL - of
coefficients VII
negligible internal resistance, the value of the resistance are 1 and  2 . The respective
resistor R will be : 1000
temperature coefficients of their series and
G
parallel combinations are nearly [AIE-2010]
12V B R A 2V
1) 100 2) 200   2   2
1) 1 , 1   2 2) 1   2 , 1
3) 500 4) 1000 2 2
38. Twenty four cells each of emf 1.5V and 1 2    2 1   2
internal resistance 0.5 ohms are to be 3) 1   2 ,    4) 1 ,
1 2 2 2
connected to a 3 ohm resistance. For
maximum current through this resistance the
KIRCHOFF’S LAWS AND WHEAT
number of rows and number of columns that SHONE’S BRIDGE
you connect these cells is. 45. The electric current i in the circuit shown is
1) 12 cells in series 2 rows in parallel (E-2011) 3A 2A
2) 8 cells in series 3 rows in parallel A
3) 4 cells in series 6 rows in parallel B 1A
2A
4) 6 cells in series 4 rows in parallel 1) 6 A 2) 2 A C
39. A battery of four cells in series each having i
3) 3 A 4) 4 A
an emf of 1.5V and internal resistance 1 
46. In the circuit shown in the figure, the current
are connected in series with an ammeter, a
‘I’ is (EAM-2013) C
coil of resistance 2  and a filament lamp. If 10V
the ammeter reads 0.5A, the resistance of A P 2
24V B
the filment lamp is 1) 6 A 2) 2 A 3
1
1) 4  2) 6  3) 2  4) 12  1 D
40. A 5V battery with internal resistance 2  and 3) 4 A 4) 7 A 9V

a 2V battery with internal resistance 1 are 47. Four resistors A, B, C and D form a
wheatstone’s bridge. The bridge is balanced
connected in parallel with unlike polarities
when C = 100  . If A and B are inter changed,
connected together .This combination is
the bridge balances for C = 121  . The vlaue
connected to 10  resistor The current in the
of D is (E-2012)
10  resistor is 1) 10  2) 100  3) 110  4) 120 
1) 0.27 A 2) 0.05 A 3) 0.25 A 4) 0.3 A 48. In the circuit shown below, the ammeter
41. A voltmeter resistance 500  is used to reading is zero. Then the value of the
measure the emf of a cell of internal resistance R is ( E-2011)
12V
resistance 4  . The percentage error in + – – +
the reading of the voltmeter will be 1) 50  2) 100 
500 R
1) 0.4% 2) 0.6% 3) 0.8% 4) 1.2% 3) 200  4) 400 
42. When two identical cells are connected ei-
ther in series or in parallel across a 4 ohm
resistor, they send the same current through METRE BRIDGE
it. The internal resistance of the cell in ohm 49. Two unknown resistrance X and Y are
is connected to left and right gaps of a meter
1) 4  2) 2  3) 1  4) 7  bridge and the balancing point is obtained at
43. Two cells with same e.m.f. ‘E’ and different 80 cm from left. When a 10  resistance is
internal resistances r1 and r2 are connected connected in parallel to ‘x’, the balance point
in series to an external resistance ‘R’. The is 50 cm from left. The values of X and Y
value of R so that the p.d. across the first cell respectively are
be zero is
1) 40 , 9 2) 30 , 7.5
r r
1) r2  r1 2) r1  r2 3) r1  r2 4) 1 2 3) 20 , 6 4) 10 , 3
2
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50. In the meter bridge experiment, the length AB are 4 × 10–7 m2, respectively. The potential
of the wire is 1 m. The resistors X and Y have gradient will be equal to [Mains-2011]
values 5  and 2  respectively. When a 1)1 V/m 2)0.5 V/m 3)0.1 V/m 4)0.2 V/m
shunt resistance S is connected to X, the
balancing point is found to be 0.625 m from LEVEL - II ( C. W ) KEY
A. Then, the resistance of the shunt is 1) 2 2) 1 3) 3 4) 3 5) 2 6) 3
(Eam-2013) S 7) 2 8) 2 9) 2 10) 4 11) 1 12) 3
Y 13) 4 14) 1 15) 4 16) 4 17) 4 18) 3
X 19) 2 20) 2 21) 1 22) 2 23) 1 24) 2
1) 5  2) 10  A
G A
B
25) 1 26) 3 27) 1 28) 1 29) 3 30) 2
J 31) 3 32) 3 33) 3 34) 4 35) 3 36) 3
3) 7.5  4) 12.5  37) 2 38) 1 39) 2 40) 3 41) 3 42) 1
POTENTIO METER 43) 2 44) 4 45) 4 46) 3 47) 3 48) 2
51. The potential gradient along the length of a 49) 2 50) 2 51) 1 52) 2 53) 1 54) 2
uniform wire is 10 volt/m B and C are two 55) 3
points at 30 cm and 60 cm in a scale fitted LEVEL - II (C. W ) - HINTS
along the wire. The pd between B and C is
1) 3V 2) 0.4V 3) 7V 4) 4V
1. i
n e  np  e
2. i
q

ev
52. In the determination of the internal resis- t t 2 r
tance of a cell using a potentiometer, when t2
the cell is shunted by a resistance “R” and 1
3. q   I . dt 4. vd 
connected in the secondary circuit, the A
t1
balance length is found to be L1. On doubling
the shunt resistance, the balance length is i
5. vd  6. V = iR
found to increase to L2. The value of the neA
internal resistance is 7. End resistors are not considered
2 R ( L2  L1 ) 2 R ( L2  L1 ) 8. Resitance between AB is independent of number
1) ( L  2 L ) 2) (2 L  L )
1 2 1 2 of sets used. Let x be the R eff between AB
R( L2  L1 ) R( L2  L1 ) A
R
C
3) ( L  2 L ) 4) (2 L  L )
1 2 1 2
R R r
53. Figure shows a potentiometer circuit for
B D
comparision of two resistan ces. The R
balance point with a standard resistor  Rr 
A  R   2R   1
R  10.0  is found to be 58.3 cm, while  R  r 
that with the unknown resistance X is A C A
R
68.5 cm. The value of X is r x R x

B D B
R
A B x  R   2 R  x   2  Solve for r
1) 11.75 2) 12.55 R
9. The equivalent circuit is shown
G
X

3) 9.55 4) 12.75 

54. In a experiment for calibration of voltmeter A B

a standard cell of emf 1.5 V is balanced at
300 cm length of potentiometer wire. The 10. Apply Ohm’s law.
P.D across a resistance in the circuit is 11. Let the resistance of shorter part MN be x.
balancedat 1.25 m. If a volt met er i s Then resistance of longer part is (20 – x) 
connected across the same resistance it (20  x)x
reads 0.65 V. The error in the volt meter R eq   1.8 
20  x  x
is Solving we get x = 2 
1) 0.5V 2) 0.025V 3) 0.05 V 4) 0.25V So length of shorter part = 2m
55. The current in the primay circuit of a
potentiometer is 0.2 A. The specific resistance  2x 
12.  2  x  (0.101) = 0.2 solve for ‘x’.
and cross-section of the potentiometer wire  

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1.5 V2 V2A 1
13. When S1 and S2 are opened, i = ..... (1) 31. P    PJEE MAINS - VOL - VII
450 R l l
When S1 and S2 are closed,
1.5[100  R ] V2
32. i 2 r 3 33. p  v  i 34. P 
i= ....... (2) R
400R  30,000
e1  e2
14. iR  20, here i  4A  R  5 35. i  R  r  r , v  e1  ir1  0 7
15. When a cell is connected across A and C, no 1 2
current flows in the arms BG and ED due to 2V  V V
symmetry in the arrangement. Then equivalent 36. I  
circuit will be as shown in Fig.(a) and (b). The 3R 3R
Apply loop law in upper loop
effective resistance between A and C is
V V
1 1 1 1 IR  V  V  VC  0 or VC  IR  R or VC  .
   3R 3
Reff 2 R 3R 2 R 37. i = E / r + R
3 2 3 8 4 3R mnE nE
   or Reff  . 38. i  & m  n  24 39. i 
6R 6 R 3R 4 mR  nr R  nr
B
2E 2E
40. I s  , and I P 
G R 2r  R r  2R
R R
r=R
A
R R
C E ir
R H 41. % error =  100   100
R R E E
R
E R 42. when is  i p ; r = R
E1  E2
D
(a)
43. i  R  r  r ; V1  E1  i r1
1 2
2R
44. R1  R0 (1  1  t )  ; R2  R0 (1   2 (t ))
3R
A C
2R
1 1 1
Series R  R1  R2 ; Parallel R  R  R
(b) 1 2
16. Apply Ohm’s law. 45. Applying kirchoff’s first law
V 2 V 46. Using kirchoff’s law
17. R  ; find Req then i  R 47. Using wheatstone bridge principle
P eq
48. Applying kirchoff’s law
18. Combination of resistors X 80
49.        1
R2  R1 Y 100  80
19. t  R  10x
1
20. Combination of resistors 10  x  50       2
Y 50
V
21. i  R X l
total
50. 
R 100  l
22. to 24. Combination of resistors
V
25. error = V1  V11 51. Potential gradient =
l
26. R11  R2 2  E 
27. P  i 2 R 52.  R  r  R  K .l
 
28. 4R  400  20 E1 l IR l
53.  1 ;  1
V2 l E2 l 2 IX l2
29. H  t ; R  2 V1 l1
R r 54. V  l  V2  0.625V
2 2
V 2 t2 V12 error = 0.65 - 0.625
30. H  t ;  
R t1 V 22 55. V  i  l

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